If the project is successful, Fisk officials may order additional shipping container dorms. In comparison, Belmont University's new student housing project is projected to cost $98 million.

Behind the John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, one of the oldest structures on Fisk University's historic, stoic, bricked campus, stand 50 fabricated shipping containers painted gold and ...

To alleviate a growing need for more on-campus housing, Fisk turns to container style homes, making it the only Nashville university to do so.

At Fisk, university leaders sought student input for the shipping container project, and it was immediately popular among the student body — a majority of whom live on campus.

Container dorms have even been parodied in an article criticizing the University of California, Berkeley, for its response to a growing student housing shortage. But Frederiksen said students at Fisk ...

Fisk University’s shipping container project is scheduled to be completed by fall 2023. At the same time, the building of the traditional residence halls, funded by a federal loan program, is ...

Fisk President Vann Newkirk said the school is at capacity with increased enrollment. “This new living and learning center will take us one step closer to our goal of once again being a campus ...

7 Fisk University students get dorm room of their dreams with Move-In Day Mafia ... As college students headed back to campus at Fisk, seven students were given an extra special surprise.

The 98-unit community made of 40-foot long shipping containers will help Fisk University rapidly add more housing units. All photos by Ford Photographs, courtesy of The Bradley Projects; ...

From 2022: Fisk University finds innovative housing solution for surging enrollment. What's next for Fisk . Clark said she appreciates the advocacy and support of city leaders, ...

Students are pushing back. Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., is scheduled to drop students from classes today if they owe the university more than $1,500 and have failed to set up a payment plan.